Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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Page xxxix
... peninsula on account of the scarcity of water on its surface , and intimated that it was derived from the two vocables ma , " no , " and ha , " water " — " without water . ” Brasseur , ' following his own pet idea , combats such explana ...
... peninsula on account of the scarcity of water on its surface , and intimated that it was derived from the two vocables ma , " no , " and ha , " water " — " without water . ” Brasseur , ' following his own pet idea , combats such explana ...
Page xl
... peninsula in ancient times was Mayab , Señor Ancona does not sustain his assertion by any known historical document ; he merely refers to the Maya dictionary of Pio Perez , that he himself has published . He is likewise silent as to the ...
... peninsula in ancient times was Mayab , Señor Ancona does not sustain his assertion by any known historical document ; he merely refers to the Maya dictionary of Pio Perez , that he himself has published . He is likewise silent as to the ...
Page xlvi
... peninsula of Yucatan and Central America are certainly surrounded by water ) , on the north by the Gulf of Mexico , on the east by the Caribbean Sea , on the west and south by the Pacific Ocean . The symbol then reads Luumil ahau , the ...
... peninsula of Yucatan and Central America are certainly surrounded by water ) , on the north by the Gulf of Mexico , on the east by the Caribbean Sea , on the west and south by the Pacific Ocean . The symbol then reads Luumil ahau , the ...
Page xlvii
... peninsula that seems to have been the seat of the government of the Maya Empire . The motive for the slight change in the drawing is easily explained . The peninsula jutting out into the sea from the mainland , as a shoot , a branch ...
... peninsula that seems to have been the seat of the government of the Maya Empire . The motive for the slight change in the drawing is easily explained . The peninsula jutting out into the sea from the mainland , as a shoot , a branch ...
Page xlviii
... peninsula of Florida and that of Yucatan , and commanded by the island of Cuba . It is well to notice that , as has been already said , some of the signs in the hori- zontal legend are the same as those in the vertical legend , but ...
... peninsula of Florida and that of Yucatan , and commanded by the island of Cuba . It is well to notice that , as has been already said , some of the signs in the hori- zontal legend are the same as those in the vertical legend , but ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet America Americanist ancestors ancient Maya archæology Asia assertion AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON Brinton called Caribbean Sea Chaldeans chap Chichen Cogolludo color composed Cosas de Yucatan earth Egypt Egyptians emblem existed Father Fresco Painting funeral chamber gods Greek hand head Herodotus Hindoos Hist History of Egypt Ibid India inhabitants inscriptions island kings Kneph knowledge land Landa learned lineal measures Manners and Customs Maya books Maya civilization Maya dictionary Maya Empire Maya language Maya sages Maya word Mayach Mayapan meaning metre monuments Naacal Nahuatls natives origin Osiris Palenque passim peninsula Plate Plongeon priests Prince Coh's Memorial Queen Móo Quichés remote ages represented Sacred Mysteries says sculptures serpent Sir Gardner Wilkinson Sphinx symbol tableau temples Thoth tion to-day traditions translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship yellow Yucatan